cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

My favorite part of the Eastern Sierra escarpment near me.

A cluster of granite spires lie below foggy clouds.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers What impossible terrain. Do any animals or birds live there or is it just too high and impenetrable?

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tinyroofnail
tinyroofnail

@Miraz Those few evergreens on the ridgeline are my kinda people

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bethanyh
bethanyh

@cliffordbeshers This is so gorgeous.

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Miraz
Miraz

@tinyroofnail Yes, I love the way they stand out there.

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz Well, I haven’t been there, because it’s in the middle of a mile high wall. I know of only one local climbing couple who spent the day up on those spires or similar ones nearby. To do so they started with a 3-mile hike across the valley floor… But that ridge is part of the John Muir Wilderness and there are mountain goats, bear, and mule deer that roam above and below it, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they have trails nearby. Ravens, Turkey Vultures, Golden Eagles and the like have no difficulty operating in such spaces, and I’d expect there are other birds as well. Wherever there is soil I would expect Great Basin Sage and Bitterbrush, the latter being rich in oils and I’m told is the sole source of lipids for the mule deer, so it grows wherever they go. The trees are probably Lodgepole Pine.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers Hey, thanks Clifford. I really appreciate your response. That’s quite a lot of wildlife, eh! Amazing to think of people hiking up that kind of landscape too.

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